Table C4A. Expenditures for Sum of Major Fuels for All
Buildings, 2003

All
Buildings

Sum
of Major Fuel Expenditures

Number of Buildings (thousand)

Floorspace (million
square feet)

Floorspace
per Building (thousand
square feet)

Total (million dollars)

per Building (thousand dollars)

per Square Foot
(dollars)

per Million Btu
(dollars)

All Buildings
................................

4,859

71,658

14.7

107,897

22.2

1.51

16.54

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000
................................

2,586

6,922

2.7

13,083

5.1

1.89

19.08

5,001 to 10,000
..............................

948

7,033

7.4

10,443

11.0

1.48

18.56

10,001 to 25,000
............................

810

12,659

15.6

15,689

19.4

1.24

17.46

25,001 to 50,000
............................

261

9,382

36.0

11,898

45.6

1.27

16.04

50,001 to 100,000
..........................

147

10,291

70.2

15,171

103.5

1.47

16.62

100,001 to 200,000
........................

74

10,217

138.6

16,087

218.2

1.57

15.12

200,001 to 500,000
........................

26

7,494

287.6

10,940

419.8

1.46

14.56

Over 500,000
.................................

8

7,660

937.6

14,586

1785.5

1.90

16.11

Principal Building
Activity

Education
.......................................

386

9,874

25.6

12,008

31.1

1.22

14.64

Food Sales
.....................................

226

1,255

5.6

4,990

22.1

3.98

19.91

Food Service
.................................

297

1,654

5.6

6,865

23.1

4.15

16.07

Health Care
....................................

129

3,163

24.6

7,440

57.8

2.35

12.53

Inpatient .......................................

8

1,905

241.4

5,329

675.4

2.80

11.23

Outpatient ....................................

121

1,258

10.4

2,111

17.5

1.68

17.74

Lodging
..........................................

142

5,096

35.8

7,445

52.3

1.46

14.61

Mercantile
......................................

657

11,192

17.0

21,300

32.4

1.90

20.85

Retail (Other Than Mall) ...............

443

4,317

9.7

5,980

13.5

1.39

18.75

Enclosed and Strip Malls ..............

213

6,875

32.2

15,320

71.8

2.23

21.81

Office
.............................................

824

12,208

14.8

20,841

25.3

1.71

18.39

Public Assembly
............................

277

3,939

14.2

5,790

20.9

1.47

15.65

Public Order and Safety
................

71

1,090

15.5

1,917

27.2

1.76

15.18

Religious Worship
..........................

370

3,754

10.1

2,457

6.6

0.65

15.06

Service
..........................................

622

4,050

6.5

4,779

7.7

1.18

15.33

Warehouse and Storage ...............

597

10,078

16.9

6,894

11.5

0.68

15.12

Other
..............................................

79

1,738

21.9

4,420

55.7

2.54

15.47

Vacant
...........................................

182

2,567

14.1

751

4.1

0.29

14.02

Year Constructed

Before 1920
...................................

333

3,784

11.4

4,153

12.5

1.10

13.69

1920 to 1945
..................................

536

6,985

13.0

8,946

16.7

1.28

14.17

1946 to 1959
..................................

573

7,262

12.7

9,053

15.8

1.25

15.40

1960 to 1969
..................................

600

8,641

14.4

12,493

20.8

1.45

15.80

1970 to 1979
..................................

784

12,275

15.6

19,585

25.0

1.60

16.45

1980 to 1989
..................................

768

12,468

16.2

22,142

28.8

1.78

17.76

1990 to 1999
..................................

917

13,981

15.2

22,356

24.4

1.60

17.72

2000 to 2003
..................................

347

6,262

18.1

9,169

26.5

1.46

17.95

Census Region and
Division

Northeast
.......................................

761

13,995

18.4

24,395

32.1

1.74

17.47

New England ...............................

252

3,452

13.7

6,084

24.2

1.76

17.66

Middle Atlantic ..............................

509

10,543

20.7

18,311

35.9

1.74

17.41

Midwest
.........................................

1,305

18,103

13.9

23,398

17.9

1.29

13.01

East North Central ........................

728

12,424

17.1

17,511

24.1

1.41

13.04

West North Central ......................

577

5,680

9.8

5,888

10.2

1.04

12.92

South
.............................................

1,873

26,739

14.3

38,398

20.5

1.44

16.95

South Atlantic ..............................

926

13,999

15.1

21,396

23.1

1.53

17.24

East South Central .......................

360

3,719

10.3

5,154

14.3

1.39

15.16

West South Central ......................

587

9,022

15.4

11,848

20.2

1.31

17.33

West
..............................................

920

12,820

13.9

21,706

23.6

1.69

20.42

Mountain ......................................

316

4,207

13.3

6,726

21.3

1.60

15.07

Pacific ..........................................

603

8,613

14.3

14,980

24.8

1.74

24.28

Climate Zone:
30-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

More than 7,000 HDD ...................

882

11,529

13.1

15,307

17.4

1.33

14.09

5,500-7,000 HDD .........................

1,229

18,808

15.3

27,921

22.7

1.48

14.47

4,000-5,499 HDD .........................

701

12,503

17.8

20,888

29.8

1.67

16.81

Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................

1,336

17,630

13.2

26,517

19.9

1.50

19.14

2,000 CDD or More and --

Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................

711

11,189

15.7

17,263

24.3

1.54

19.63

Number of Establishments

One
................................................

3,754

45,144

12.0

65,153

17.4

1.44

15.64

2 to 5
..............................................

762

12,565

16.5

19,503

25.6

1.55

16.80

6 to 10
............................................

117

3,358

28.6

6,782

57.8

2.02

17.93

11 to 20
..........................................

47

3,369

71.8

6,213

132.4

1.84

20.24

More than 20
..................................

22

5,060

227.3

9,730

437.1

1.92

20.59

Currently Unoccupied
....................

157

2,161

13.8

516

3.3

0.24

13.88

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity
.......................................

4,617

70,181

15.2

107,894

23.4

1.54

16.54

Natural Gas
....................................

2,538

48,473

19.1

78,522

30.9

1.62

15.57

Fuel Oil
...........................................

465

16,265

35.0

28,286

60.8

1.74

15.15

District Heat
...................................

67

5,576

83.1

14,404

214.6

2.58

13.99

Energy End Uses (more
than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ........

4,182

66,446

15.9

103,845

24.8

1.56

16.30

Buildings with Cooling
....................

3,825

63,560

16.6

102,694

26.8

1.62

16.70

Buildings with Water Heating .........

3,659

62,827

17.2

101,438

27.7

1.61

16.47

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for
further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed
from the CBECS web site - http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/.Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error
(RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were
sampled.
N=No responding cases in sample.

Notes:
● Statistics for the "Energy End Uses" category represent
total consumption in buildings that have the end use, not consumption
specifically for that particular end use. ● HVAC = Heating,
Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. ● Due to rounding, data may not sum
to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End
Use, Forms EIA-871A, C, and E of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy
Consumption Survey.